Blessings of Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was a little more hectic and not quite as enjoyable as I had hoped.....we started the morning out with Dylan's 18 month check-up....which was good for the most part....Dylan is growing and doing well he is 90 percentile for his height and 25 percentile for his weight...Collin called at the time we made the appointment to verify that he would not need any shots.....I didn't want him to have any shots on Christmas Eve and have Dylan not feeling his best.....the nurse assured Collin that he didn't need any shots just a check up......well as Dylan's Dr. reviewed his records Dylan was actually due for 2 shots....I should have said we would come back but I didn't and we ended up with a little guy not feeling his best the rest of the day....in general it was just a hectic day....Collin had to snow blow I had to finish wrapping gifts and getting dinner stuff put together.....Dylan's Nain made the trip from Eaton which was a hi light to the afternoon....though she had to drive in pretty crappy weather to get here....it was a bright spot in the afternoon....We all headed over for drinks and appetizers at our good friends new home from 4-6...Dylan fell asleep at 3:45 so a 30 minute nap at most....visiting with friends was wonderful...but by the time we got home...I still needed to throw in the ham....which was a last minute decision we had a beautiful 15 pound prime rib in the fridge....but the last week we have eaten so much red meat....there was just no way that we would truly enjoy or appreciate such a nice piece of red meat....dinner was at least 2 hours out....so that meant making some short cuts in preparation to get everything out at a decent time so we had a good meal but not really a great meal....poor Dylan's night only got worse as he opened his first present he got so excited he banged his head on the toy and ended up with almost a busted lip....a little cut right between his lip and his nose.....so we know have a child with no nap, not feeling well from his shots, a cut lip and all the excitement thrown in was pretty much a perfect formula for a crying and cranky little boy....not quite the Christmas Eve I had envisioned....more importantly though we were truly blessed.....as I finished putting away the left overs I felt very fortunate to have the love of family , to be together, to have left over ham to put in the fridge....even if it wasn't the best ham.....to be able to have a bounty of gifts for our son.....I guess I would rather have him over whelmed with excitement instead of sorrow......to hold my little angel all night last night as he battled his aches from his morning shots....I didn't get much sleep but the warmth of my sons little body next to mine....looking for comfort from his mom... are moments I always cherish....sleep or no sleep...so in many way it was a wonderful Christmas Eve filled with many blessings...